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Alumni Oxonienses
… Queen's Coll. 9 July, 1612, D.D. 8 June, 1614; chaplain to the master of the rolls 1614, of Lincoln's Inn 1621, rector of Lydlinch … (as son and heir of John, of Astley, co. Worcester, esq.), sheriff Worcestershire 1641, a zealous royalist, knighted 26 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Decline DECLINE The outstanding feature of the later medieval history of Wilton is the rapid decline of … the 17th century when, through the influence of the high sheriff, it was removed to Devizes. 17 Of each Wiltshire …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Markets, fairs, agriculture and mills MARKETS AND FAIRS The existence of a market in Wilton probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, for conditions of local trade, as … the Wilton markets to those of Salisbury, and ordered the sheriff to make public proclamation in Wilton, Salisbury, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval town government MEDIEVAL TOWN GOVERNMENT In the reign of Henry I the leading burgesses secured the right to organize … behalf of the king as ultimate lord of the borough by the sheriff, who stated that this right had been exercised by the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the postConquest period attracted a number of Jews who … linen cloth formed part of the payment, 20 and in 1249 the Sheriff of Wiltshire was ordered to obtain 2,000 ells of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… TOWN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES In great contrast to the early period of its growth, when ancient custom became established by prescription, the town government of Wilton was, from the 16th century … be moved to Devizes, but the king in a letter to the high sheriff forbade this in view of the ancient privileges and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… REPRESENTATION Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, almost … that the trading element was strongly represented; John Picot, for example, who represented Wilton in the Parliaments … Wilton would have to put in someone chosen by the high sheriff, who had threatened otherwise to remove the county …
The Environs of London
… Wimbledon WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon … early proprietors. I have seen ancient records in which the name of Wimbaldus occurs. Dune in the Saxon language … who died there in 1754. He was son of Sir William Benson, sheriff of London. In the reign of Queen Ann he published a …
Survey of London
… and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the Bishop of Winchester and his successors a stretch of land …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester where the first Parliaments of … Castle. 20 Henry III in December 1221 ordered the sheriff to cause the hall of Winchester Castle to be …